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Dear, I finally made it^^ so i hope yo enjoy it!
We start from our start point: Atocha station, very centered in Madrid and it's where I start every day after going down of the train that takes me from home to Madrid.
Beleve it or not, this is also part of the station.....Inside, a lot of trains to evey part of Spain are taken, but also, there is place for this little show of splendid nature^__^
forget about the Graffitti, I thoguht I'd be interesting to show you one of the many mail boxes in Madrid, as it's a thing that it's different in every city of the world.
This busy Street is called Gran vía, the most important road in the downtown, it's ALWAYS full of people and cars, even at night.
the same place, from the apposite view.
If you walk down Gran vía, you can find places like this. the Metropolis building is property of "Metropolis Insurance, Inc". And it hs been the inspiration of many artist. Curiously, in that left side of the street, the círculo de Bellas Artes(Fine arts group) has it's headquarters.
Here, Cibeles Square "plaza de Cibeles" ,right after Gran Vía. This fountain is the symbol of Madrid. Sadly, everytime our local football team (Real Madrid) wins a championship, all the players stomps over the monument...-_-. I love this place.
this, walking a bit more, we can found buildings as this one...this is Madrid's Stock Market....
Oh almost forgot!!!!XD This may make you laugh! ( all indications of monuments are starting to look like this one)
this is "La Puerta de Alcalá", roughly translated as "Alcalá's Gate", another symbol of Madrid. In fact both Puerta de Alcalá and Cibeles can be shoot in one single photo from an speciphic point and it looks as if the fountain were under the Gate.
Ooooh, Callao Square. hehe, this place...I think it's the meeting place for almost all people who wants to go for a walk in the downtown. the big buindings are Stores.
Have you ever wondered how Underground is in Madrid? Here, a shoot from the inside...
...and the outside!
Famous Ventas bullring, the most important one in the country. I hate bullfighting, but the place is just beautiful.
Oh my, look at that temperature....it's, of course, wrong, but we can reach that and more in August.
A Neighboorhood under construction..this is the sight at my parent's place windows.
this is the "Army Museum" from the outside....^^ Lors of armors and ancient weapons there.
The Liria Palace, right in front of my jobplace. this used to be the residence of the Duchess of Alba, the person who holds the largest amount of noblity titles,( even more than the King), in the world!!
One modern part of Madrid... Plaza de Castilla ( no, not the japanese cakesXD).
"Plaza de España". there is a Don Quijote Statue here ( the same one that is copied in Tokyo's Parquespaña!), and many fountains^^ it's a great little park to be cool.
tha same place^^
Preciados Street, there used to be a very famouses department store here, but now there another one even bigger...in summer they place pieces of clothes in the top to protect people from the sunlight and hot.^^
This statue is one you can find very close to Liria. Randomness is coolXD
Let's end with my favourite park. Retiro Park. this is an example of the interest that Madrid got into Egyptian art around XVIIth and XIXth century...we also have a Egyptian Temple, but I didn't get photos of it, Tell me if you'd want to see it.
One of the main walks, I love this park, I'll just post every photo so you can see how wonderful it is.
Veleazquez's Palace
and that's all, I didn't get Royal Palace and many other places, but...^^u If you want to see them, just ask and let me see what can be done, ok?
I hope you enjoyed the trip;)
We start from our start point: Atocha station, very centered in Madrid and it's where I start every day after going down of the train that takes me from home to Madrid.
Beleve it or not, this is also part of the station.....Inside, a lot of trains to evey part of Spain are taken, but also, there is place for this little show of splendid nature^__^
forget about the Graffitti, I thoguht I'd be interesting to show you one of the many mail boxes in Madrid, as it's a thing that it's different in every city of the world.
This busy Street is called Gran vía, the most important road in the downtown, it's ALWAYS full of people and cars, even at night.
the same place, from the apposite view.
If you walk down Gran vía, you can find places like this. the Metropolis building is property of "Metropolis Insurance, Inc". And it hs been the inspiration of many artist. Curiously, in that left side of the street, the círculo de Bellas Artes(Fine arts group) has it's headquarters.
Here, Cibeles Square "plaza de Cibeles" ,right after Gran Vía. This fountain is the symbol of Madrid. Sadly, everytime our local football team (Real Madrid) wins a championship, all the players stomps over the monument...-_-. I love this place.
this, walking a bit more, we can found buildings as this one...this is Madrid's Stock Market....
Oh almost forgot!!!!XD This may make you laugh! ( all indications of monuments are starting to look like this one)
this is "La Puerta de Alcalá", roughly translated as "Alcalá's Gate", another symbol of Madrid. In fact both Puerta de Alcalá and Cibeles can be shoot in one single photo from an speciphic point and it looks as if the fountain were under the Gate.
Ooooh, Callao Square. hehe, this place...I think it's the meeting place for almost all people who wants to go for a walk in the downtown. the big buindings are Stores.
Have you ever wondered how Underground is in Madrid? Here, a shoot from the inside...
...and the outside!
Famous Ventas bullring, the most important one in the country. I hate bullfighting, but the place is just beautiful.
Oh my, look at that temperature....it's, of course, wrong, but we can reach that and more in August.
A Neighboorhood under construction..this is the sight at my parent's place windows.
this is the "Army Museum" from the outside....^^ Lors of armors and ancient weapons there.
The Liria Palace, right in front of my jobplace. this used to be the residence of the Duchess of Alba, the person who holds the largest amount of noblity titles,( even more than the King), in the world!!
One modern part of Madrid... Plaza de Castilla ( no, not the japanese cakesXD).
"Plaza de España". there is a Don Quijote Statue here ( the same one that is copied in Tokyo's Parquespaña!), and many fountains^^ it's a great little park to be cool.
tha same place^^
Preciados Street, there used to be a very famouses department store here, but now there another one even bigger...in summer they place pieces of clothes in the top to protect people from the sunlight and hot.^^
This statue is one you can find very close to Liria. Randomness is coolXD
Let's end with my favourite park. Retiro Park. this is an example of the interest that Madrid got into Egyptian art around XVIIth and XIXth century...we also have a Egyptian Temple, but I didn't get photos of it, Tell me if you'd want to see it.
One of the main walks, I love this park, I'll just post every photo so you can see how wonderful it is.
Veleazquez's Palace
and that's all, I didn't get Royal Palace and many other places, but...^^u If you want to see them, just ask and let me see what can be done, ok?
I hope you enjoyed the trip;)
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How nice would it be to meet up at the station under those tropical greens - I would probably get there early and be glad to wait for hours with a book.
Madrid is such a beautiful place - I can see a mix of traditional and modern structures and buildings, timelessly gorgeous. The metropolis building and the monument at Cibeles Square remind me of some famous paintings. Oh and the Ventas bullring! I could hear uproar and cheers just by looking at the building. I'd love to touch the rusty red wall once in my life.
Is Madrid that hot in Summer? 47C?! I felt like passing out last year when the area I live in went up to 37C. I hope it's not humid as well, 'cuz hotness and humidity just don't go along.
Liria - what a nice name for a palace. I would have called myself Liria instead of Lillithium if I had known it earlier.
I had an interesting conversation with the teachers at my school about Castilla the other day. According to their dictionary, カステラ is Sponge Cake, but it just doesn't look like sponge cake to me, so we searched for its origin. We found that カステラ cake might have come from either Spain or Portugal.
The picture of Preciados Street reminds me of my home country, a place where I have left for more than 10 years and visited only sparingly. I miss home, although I don't know whether or not it's still my home anymore.
I share your love for Retiro park. I would love to walk under the shades in that blinding sunlight, or sit along the river edge and enjoy the coolness of water.
Once again, thanks for opening up my eyes. I'm going to put Madrid in the list of must-go places that I'm determined to visit in my life. Thank you so so much. *bear hug*
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The mailboxes are cool. But the dutch ones are prettier.
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